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I got this in an eMail and felt it was moving and powerful enough to want to share it with all of you.
I pray that none of you have lost anyone to an auto accident, but as any first responder can tell you, accidents where a vehicle occupant failed to wear a seatbelt can be among the most horrific things you may ever see.
Please, watch the video and ALWAYS buckle up; ALWAYS!
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That was actually really good.
I lost a friend because he wasn't wearing a seat belt. Buckle up guys, it's not that inconvenient.
Oh I don't mind putting on a seatbelt. I just don't like it being a state mandate.
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Originally Posted by Marlin
I'm with you 100%. I was in an accident when I was 17yo. - Dad was driving on a gravel road @ 20mph. Telephone company guy came around a turn in the road on our side of the road and ran right into us. I wasn't wearing a seatbelt and shattered the windshield with my forehead (yeah, yeah! I've heard all of THOSE comments before). Since then I ALWAYS wear a seatbelt.
Now, while I want all of my family and friends to buckle up - and NO ONE will ride in one of my vehicles without buckling up, I think it should only be legally mandated for children up to 18yo. After that, let the chlorine hit the gene pool.
I was in a rollover crash up in WY not wearing a seatbelt. Luckily I walked away without a scratch but it sure opened my eyes up quick, now I always wear one.
Oh, oh me, me!!!!
Have I told my seatbelt experience on here yet?
Short version:
No seatbelt. Driver blacks out (unknown med condition). Overcorrect steering, flip/tumble off 14 foot bridge. I get ejected (through the roof of a 2 ton truck). I break EVERYTHING (aka, lucky to be alive). 1 1/2 year in hospital, 6 months in ICU, rest in rehab/etc. Had to learn to walk/talk/function again. Knees are torn to crap, overweight now, back is fused, etc. But I can still run n jump n gun! Yay! Driver was wearing seatbelt... all he had was 13 staples in his head.
Bottom line: Don't be a fool, use that tool and buckle up! HAHA. [Beer]
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Originally Posted by BigBear
Frankly that ad will be significantly more effective than the "Click it or ticket/enjoy the new police state" ads that run here.
Of course you couldn't use the "Embrace Life" bit here or the feminazis would get their boxers in a bunch.
Oh, it should totally be against the law, but instead of a fine, they should just ask you, "Would you please fill out your organ donor card, so that someone else can benefit from your stupidity?"Quote:
Originally Posted by Marlin
H.
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Originally Posted by Hoosier
[LOL] I like it...
I always wear mine. No injuries like bigbear, but when I was 17 i was racing my friend, hit gravel on 85/87 and ended up in a ditch by the railroad tracks. I was in the backseat though. That taught me how stupid I was. Also the fact I was driving a 78 gremlin and he was driving a 70 challenger made me stupid too.
Especially hits home on the eve of father's day. Good share!
Anyone who can be convinced to wear their seat belt by some commercial is too dumb to worry about in my opinion.
So you apparently don't mind being micro-managed and having your rights dumped on? Do you work in government?Quote:
Originally Posted by Hoosier
It's my f-ing business if I want to wear a seatbelt or not. I guess you probably think it should be against the law to ride a motorcycle right? They are much more dangerous than not wearing a seatbelt in a car... I do both so I guess I'm a real outlaw..
No personal stories, but 2+ years on an ambulance.
It should be a law, for the sake of the EMTs. People who don't tend to end up nasty, and we don't need to see that!
In all seriousness though, some of the wrecks I've been to with seat belts on amazed me that people walked away. Some without amazed me that people died. Needless to say I always wear mine, see enough people assuming room temperature, who were all doing the same thing, and one learns real quick.
I guess the sarcasm of it didn't quite come through. My point is, people who don't wear their seatbelt, and reckless motorcycle riders, are what EMT's refer to as "organ donors." So buckle up, ride safe, and sign your organ donor cards.Quote:
Originally Posted by ColoEnthusiast
H.
When I originally saw this thread, I thought it was going to be this British anti-texting while driving commercial. This is the kind of stuff kids should be shown in school/driving class, along with the other shock videos.
Warning: Horrific (staged) car crash
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0LCmStIw9E&fmt=20
H.
They sure work good when you hit the catch net at 180+mph.
They leave nice bruises on your chest.
And if you have a car with air bags you better remember cause the bag might kill you if you ain't buckled up.
I saw a pretty good commercial that relates to that a few years ago in Ireland. It starts off with a guy and a girl going out, followed by the text "tonight, he'll hit her so hard she'll never walk again" (or somesuch) and at first you think it's a dating violence ad, but they're in the car with 2 other people, though he's the only one without a seat belt. They get into a wreck and (how they filmed this I have no idea!) he starts flying around the inside of the car smashing into people and stuff. So, in the same way you could drive drink and never hurt another soul, not doing that / using your seat belt is not at all an unreasonable precaution to take.Quote:
Originally Posted by ColoEnthusiast
It's not just a TV possibility either; ex-wife had been hurt in a wreck when her unbelted passenger came flying into her, too.
I was expecting something stupid and funny but that was actually pretty good.
Good share
Been in way to many wrecks caused by other people... walked away from all of them bruised and bloody but the seat belt probably saved me a few times.
It's a weird feeling to stagger out of a car facing the opposite direction you were just driving with your face covered in blood. But with a seatbelt on at least you might get out alive.
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Originally Posted by RobertB
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6Qhmdk4VNs&NR=1
I read everyone's post and was disappointed to see that the 'guy' who always says, "I know someone who was in a car accident and the seatbelt killed them..." didn't post anything
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Originally Posted by KevDen2005
a old friend of mine had a similar story, he got in a wreck and says if he had been wearing a seatbelt it would have killed him, now he never wears one.
I told him he was a damn idiot.
the sussex ad is genius. the music really makes it.
here's another one that's good.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nI9_B...eature=related
seat belt talk reminds me of another video I saw. apparently an old guy kept getting pulled over for not wearing his seat belt. he felt it was his right to not wear a seatbelt, so in the dashcam video he hops out of the car with a rifle and shoots the officer.
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Originally Posted by Elhuero
I knew a guy in HS twenty-seven years ago who was actually probably saved by NOT wearing a seatbelt - for that 1 instance. Since that time my brother will not wear a seatbelt - unless he's in my vehicle (then we have a context of wills until he see's I won't budge - literally, until he's wearing teh belt.
In the last 30 years I've known 1 guy who was prosaved by not wearing a seatbelt. In that same period I've known hundreds of people who were saved by wearing the seatbelt. Given those averages, I think I'll take my chances WITH the belt ON!
Now, the guy who shot the cop - dumba$$
My wife used to work for Neurosurgeons.
I won't go into lenthy details, but I always, always wear seatbelts now.
My grandpa used to swear that not wearing his seat belt saved his life when he rolled a car. He got ejected and the car didn't roll on him, but he would have probably died if he didn't... I think it there was just as much chance that that car could have rolled on him or the ejection could have killed him.Quote:
Originally Posted by KevDen2005
put the belt on.
I also like people who try and convince me to buy a car WITHOUT air bags, because there is always the chance that the airbag will fail. They always make it clear how you shouldn't rely on the "fail bag." I recently got into an argument with some dude on another board, and he just automatically assumed that because I didn't hate airbags, that I was suggesting not wearing a seat belt or something. He kept saying stuff like, "When get into an accident, the seat belt LOCKS UP and holds you in place! Keep hoping your fail bag will work." I didn't bother to explain to him that just because I'd rather have a car with an airbag, doesn't mean that I don't also wear my seat belt.
Another idiot on that board commented on how he'd like to remove his air bag because he's been in an accident with an air bag and, "...air bags hurt! lol"
I just had to ignore the thread because the stupid was too strong.
I can take or leave airbags, it doesn't matter to me. In all of my wrecks I've never had an airbag in my vehicles and I walked away, but I'm sure it doesn't hurt to have them. I took them out of my mustang, but that was for weight savings.
That was the point of the other thread to, weight savings. However there were a bunch of people who didn't want them in their car at all, citing the only reason being that the air bag COULD fail. Well if you take it out, then there is 100% chance that it won't work. Those guys just don't get it.
my weight savings is on a car that gets miles on it 1/4 at a time... If it's not on a drag strip it's on a trailer. If you take them out of a daily driver to save weight that's pretty stupid.
Yep on daily drivers. I told them good luck with their brain damage bills when the insurance company finds out that you took your airbags out.
That's full of fail. They only weigh around 15 pounds for both of them.
Oblig anti-statement:
Cousin (a 6'4" blonde, no less) was in a mid-80's Suburban and got T-boned in the driver door. Paramedics and cops both expected to be scraping a pile of goo off the inside of the door and grill of the gravel truck.
She wasn't wearing her seat belt, so she only had a bruised left side (hip and shoulder mostly) and some cuts on the right side where she broke the passenger window out. [Tooth]
In this case, a seat belt would have meant "cut her into 3 large parts for easy removal".
Seat belts help decrease injuries as well as save lives. An accident that would not be fatal without seatbelts can still cause severe injuries. You should wear them to protect you from all accidents.
I was in a serious accident many years ago. It was sorta head on with both cars going about 50 mph. I know the seatbelt saved my life. Many years later a coworker had an accident that was almost identical to mine except at only about 10 mph. He wasn't wearing a seatbelt. He ended up on disabiled because of the leg injuries he had kept him from working. I can think of other examples too.
I can also cite an example of someone living because of not wearing a seatbelt. But I can also cite a dozen without thinking hard of people that are alive because they were wearing one. I like the odds with the belt better.
I am flat out totally opposed to mandatory seatbelt and helmet laws but I always wear them.
Be safe out there.
Since I have personally responded to hundreds of car accidents I can say that I have yet to see a seat belt kill someone. I have seen people die while wearing them, but the other factors involved are the cause of death. Had those people been not wearing them, they would have still been just as dead but messier
That was a very good video! Certainly not what I was expecting.